LV-ABX  Douglas DC-3CS1C3G                                 (c/n  13435)

                                 

                                    The only image I have been able to glean of a DC-3 in Zonda livery is this photo from the
                                    Argentine National archives.       The color scheme, however, can be seen in the very nice
                                    rendering below from the artwork of Carlos R. Boisen.  Beautifully done. Anyway, LV-ABX
                                    was a former C-47A-25-DK civilianized  in 1946  to Canadair as CF-DYK.  I suspect it
                                    went to Montreal solely for the purpose of being fitted out as civil airliner, since it was
                                    acquired by Zonda in September 1946.   It was absorbed into the Aerolineas Argentinas
                                    fleet in 1950 when Zonda, ALFA and Aeroposta were nationalized.     It was damaged
                                    beyond repair on 22 July 1953 at the airport of the Patagonian city of Trelew.  No details.